Residence Spotsylvania VA; overseer.Drafted by conscription, he was assigned to and mustered into Company A, 30th Virginia Infantry in 10/1862.Served until "fall of Richmond".

On 6/9/1906 he applied for a total disability Confederate Veteran Pension due to "asthma and dropsy". He was approved for $15 per annum.

The 30th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in June, 1861. Men of this unit were from Fredericksburg and the counties of Spotsylvania, Caroline, Stafford, and King George.